Electric Road Trips | Electric Autonomy Canada

Electric Road Trips

News, information, insights and first person accounts of road trips to take in different areas of Canada in an electric vehicle.

The Latest

New to EVs? Here are the top 10 Canadian road trips to take in your EV this year

Looking to skip the airport lineups but still have a vacation? Take a look at the “New to EVs?” road trip guide, grab your favourite charging app and see just how far and wide Canada’s public fast-charging network can take you

Emma Jarratt

Aug 15, 2022

10 minute read

Electric Fuelling Station of the Future designs signal “a new, modern way of life”

With just a few days before the Design Awards winners are announced on February 1, two preeminent Canadian architects and jury members discuss what the best concepts tell us about the future of electric road trips

Emma Jarratt

Jan 20, 2022

6 minute read

Accessing DC fast charging speed between Vancouver and Los Angeles: a case study

Public charging networks need to speed up the roll out of fast charging stations if they want to stay competitive and meet the user demands of today and tomorrow, writes Maxime Charron

Maxime Charron

Jan 14, 2022

5 minute read

What’s it like to charge an EV on a 1,725-km road trip from Vancouver to Regina? Tim Bray has some notes to share

He helped write the language of the internet, and today he’s critically thinking about the EV charging experience. In this exclusive interview with Electric Autonomy Canada, Tim Bray explains why “range per hour of charging” is an important metric and why public EV chargers might be too cheap

Brian Banks

Aug 30, 2021

6 minute read

What my 800km Tesla road trip taught me about EV range and public charging

A winter drive from Toronto to Ottawa and back showed James Carter and his family how, with the current state of destination charging, EV road trips require planning and precision. Read on to see how the trip unfolded

James Carter

Feb 26, 2020

8 minute read